re USPS E. Palo Alto, Bayshore

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First of all, General Delivery was established by Congress for special situations when American citizens are traveling & need a place to temporarily receive mail. Some PCT (Pacific Coast Trail) as well as Appalachian Trail hikers often use it to receive necessities from their supporters. I know cross-country travelers who use it to have necessities sent to them , among other things. 

I begin with the above preface to explain my main point: I am traveling and I needed a medical device and so I ordered it and had it sent to the Cambridge Post office, in my name, general delivery. 

But the USPS tracking told me to pick it up at the Bayshore location.  However, at Bayshore they couldn't find it and told me to check at Cambridge. 

But before I left, the girl who looked for my package 📦 told me that another employee told her that I'm supposed to have special permission from the postmaster to use general delivery.

 I quickly surmised that they had had a sarcastic conversation in the back assuming I was some kind of homeless bum trying to use general delivery as a substitute for having my own mailbox or post office box. 

That's completely INAPPROPRIATE of them to make such jaded pessimistic assumptions. I have a home where I receive mail but it is 300 miles away and I needed the medical device ASAP (for my hip) (not prescription medication) .

I encourage the post office supervisor to monitor these employees about making such pessimistic generalizations. And don't allow them to concoct fabrications about needing permission in advance to receive a package via General Delivery. It's not true 🚫👎. 

So I went over to the Cambridge location and lo and behold there was my package, no problem. What a relief - literally - it was /is for a chronic pain problem ( as mentioned above not prescription medication 🚫, even though it's not illegal to receive prescription medication from a  licensed medical provider or pharmacist)